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Where can smooth muscle be found?

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Multiunit smooth muscle does not have __1__; it cannot have a contraction without __2__. Single unit smooth muscle cells are linked by __3__; can respond to __4__ factors i.e. hormones that affect smooth muscle contraction. read more

Smooth muscle cells have been observed contracting in a spiral corkscrew fashion, and contractile proteins have been observed organizing into zones of actin and myosin along the axis of the cell. Smooth muscle-containing tissue needs to be stretched often, so elasticity is an important attribute of smooth muscle. read more

The skeletal muscles are found over the bones which make different joints in our body and the cardiac muscles is the one which is found in the heart to carry out the heart's function. To answer this in brief they are found everywhere other than where the skeletal and cardiac muscles are found. read more

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